Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 53
Jinling City has not had an early court for many years. For the people in the city, this is really a new thing, because it is almost impossible to see officials before the age of two hundred.

There are quite a few officials in Jinling City who have experienced the early court, because most of them retired from the capital. Although Wanli has not been in court for nearly 20 years, most of the retired officials have more than 20 years of official experience. No, they won't come to Jinling for the elderly either.

Everyone understands the rules of the early court, and with the help of experienced old officials, there is nothing wrong with entering the palace, waiting for shifts, and waiting for the driver.

However, when the whip sounded, some officials couldn't help trembling a few times.

The whip blew three times, and all the officials entered the arena. This has been a rule since the early dynasty.

As for why the whip is sounded on this occasion, it is mainly to warn the officials present to pay attention to their behavior, keep quiet and not make noise. Of course, this warning also has another meaning in it, which is to let these officials be honest. To be whipped!
Are these officials honest?
Taichang glanced around slightly, with a hint of disdain on his face.

Although the number of officials in Jinling City is less than half that of the capital city, there are still three to four hundred officials. Among them, there are dozens of honest ones, which is considered good!
After the mountain call was over, all the officials got up, and logically speaking, it was the stage of playing.

At this time, an official coughed solemnly, then walked out of the train holding the memorial, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

You are sick, who made you come out?
What are you playing, you deserve a beating, right?

No one has done anything here for 200 years, but today you came out to make trouble for me!
Taichang waved his big hand and said coldly: "Go back to the train, nothing will happen today."

If you don't do anything today, what are you doing?
Many officials had beads of sweat on their foreheads, and they knew very well that the emperor was here to deal with them!
Taichang glanced around majestically, and then said coldly: "I know what you have done. Now, I will give you a chance to plead guilty. If you don't plead guilty honestly, you will be forced to I'll get you out, and you'll be punished! I've already made the rules clear, well, let's start now, you just stand up honestly and tell us what you have committed."

This is called frankness and leniency, and everyone on the earth knows it.

The problem is that those who have really committed crimes, especially those who have committed serious crimes, will basically not confess.

Among these officials, not to mention serious crimes, there are quite a few capital crimes, so it's no wonder they would confess!
Taichang sat there and waited for about a quarter of an hour, but there was still no sound in the entire Fengtian Temple Square, and none of the hundreds of officials came out to confess.

He had expected this a long time ago. People always have a fluke mentality. It is basically impossible for these people to come forward and plead guilty.

It doesn't matter, this is just a prelude, the good show hasn't begun yet.

He glanced around majesticly again, and then said coldly: "Don't say anything, right? Okay, I'll let you see what happened when I caught you out. Luo Yangxing, bring him up."

With a "crash", more than 20 Jinyiwei suddenly dragged more than a dozen eunuchs out of the civil and military buildings on both sides of the square, and dragged them all to the middle of the royal road.

Among these eunuchs, the leader is Chen Zeng, the eunuch guarding Nanjing.

At this moment, Chen Zeng was beaten to death, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

But Taichang deliberately asked: "Chen Zeng, you're still not telling the truth, are you?"

Chen Zeng didn't know whether he didn't hear it or he didn't have the energy to speak, anyway, he just didn't say anything.

Taichang snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "Do you think I don't know? Nan Zhili's mining supervisor tax makes you give you at least [-]% of the corruption income. Also, when I was in Suzhou, you first secretly ordered Chen Yirui to block Suzhou City , encircled and killed me with all my strength, and used the excuse of encircling and suppressing pirates to drive Zhang Yuanfang away and cut off my retreat! Just these two things are enough to kill your nine clans!"

Kill the Nine Clan!
Many officials were already shaking their calves with fright.

However, Taichang yelled mercilessly: "Drag Chen Zeng, he will be hacked into pieces! Pass the decree and order Wei Zhongxian to kill his nine clans! The rest of the accomplices will be dragged down and chopped up!"

Do eunuchs have nine clans?

Of course there are, or how could he be born? Since the Yongle Dynasty, most eunuchs came from Gyeonggi, that is, Shuntian Prefecture and surrounding areas. This Chen Zeng is from Shuntian Prefecture. The nine clans seem to be quite normal, but anyone who knows the inside story understands that the emperor is warning them not to try to hide it, and not to try to get away with it.

Chen Zeng has switched to Wei Zhongxian's sect!
The emperor asked Wei Zhongxian to punish his nine clans, but didn't he tell them clearly that the emperor knew everything!

When Chen Zeng and a group of eunuchs were dragged down, some people had already begun to waver, but no one came forward to confess their guilt.

This trick is called killing chickens to scare monkeys, if one chicken is not enough, bring another one, and kill until you are afraid!
Taichang glanced around majesticly again, and then said coldly: "Shao Fuzhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War!"

With a sound of "baji", a person suddenly collapsed in front of the six-part train.

This person is Shao Fuzhong, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing!
Of course he knew what he had done, the emperor called his name, it's all over now!

There is a kind of order to kill me, but no way to admit it?
Taichang snorted coldly: "Drag it here."

Immediately, two Jinyi guards went up and dragged his arm to the imperial road in the middle.

Taichang stared at him and said coldly: "You have a part in plotting to murder me, right?"

Unexpectedly, Shao Fuzhong shouted crazily: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. It was Sun Zhixie, the magistrate of Suzhou, who reported that some rebels killed Sun Long, the tax envoy, and my minister ordered Chen Yirui to encircle and suppress the rebels."

Oh, it turns out that the blame has been chosen.

is that useful?
Taichang took out the official document in his arms, unfolded it, shook it at him, and then asked coldly: "Then what about this, why did you order Zhang Yuanfang to encircle and suppress the pirates?"

Shao Fuzhong said nonsense: "I received a secret report that the pirate Jiapidan was going to pass through Chongming overseas, so I ordered Zhang Yuanfang to encircle and suppress the pirates!"

Oh, you are my three-year-old child?

Taichang said mercilessly: "Drag Shao Fuzhong down, cut him into pieces, and deliver an order to order Wei Zhongxian to punish his nine clans!"

Ah!
Is this a crime?
The officials present were dumbfounded.

Can the crime of treason be determined with just a document and a few words?
Isn't there such a rule?
Many people secretly gritted their teeth, ready to come out to persuade them, but these people secretly looked up and dared not move, because the emperor was staring at them coldly!
The emperor's eyes are too scary.

At this time, rushing out to persuade, I am afraid that Kacha is just a knife!

Taichang really thinks so, whoever dares to stand up and chirp, he dares to chop!

He has already become ruthless, today, he will kill these people until they are afraid!
He can't be ruthless, these people are already so daring, they want to kill the king at every turn!

(End of this chapter)